“The one thing I've learned, getting out to all those foreign and domestic locales, is that people in every country of the 'civilized' world wish - either secretly or openly - that they had t...”
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“The one thing I've learned, getting out to all those foreign and domestic locales, is that people in every country of the 'civilized' world wish - either secretly or openly - that they had t...”
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“I appreciate folks asking for my autograph.”
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“I know it sounds corny, man, but I like to bring folks joy, and I like to have a good time. I know folks like to be with somebody who's having a good time. You sure as hell don't want to be...”
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“Kids like classic rock, and so do adults.”
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“I don't want people mistreating me. I found out when you're vulnerable and your heart's open, then people step on you. You're really stupid for letting that happen. And the only way to count...”
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“Half the time I feel like I'm appealing to the downer freaks out there. We start to play one downer record after another until I begin to get down myself. Give me something from 1960 or some...”
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“My fake Japanese was smooth enough to earn me the title of 'The Emperor of Pleasing Graciousness' in that country.”
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“I want to go back to the format that radio started with rock n' roll, with country artists and rhythm and blues with that oldies type feeling. I want to put it all together and create a Top...”
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“Bob Smith from Brooklyn is a guy who sometimes gets hung with problems and fears. Wolfman Jack is a happy-go-lucky guy who knows how to party. The challenge of my life has been letting more...”
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“It would take me three or four lifetimes to do everything I want. I'm a Brooklyn boy who learned to hustle, and I have to do something every day or I get the guilties.”
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“Some people said my acting was a cross between Euell Gibbons, Rodney Allen Rippy and Sheena, Queen of the Jungle.”
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“When I started at XCRF in 1960, Mexico was the most lenient country in the world when it came to radio.”
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“I figure the oldies are real close to what rocking country use to be.”
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“I started out as an opportunistic renegade. By now, I've lasted long enough to become sort of an American Original Respectable Renegade.”
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“I never prayed for no money, and I never prayed for no fame. I said, 'I'll take care of that myself. You just keep me healthy and I'll do all I can to try to turn people around, to try to st...”
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“I taught myself to tune in to another person's wavelength, figure out what they were looking for, and try to project that thing back at them.”
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